Staten Island Yankees top Hudson Valley for third straight win, 7-4

Mike Ford delivered a run-scoring double in the first inning of the Staten Island Yankees' 7-4 road win over the Hudson Valley Renegades on Sunday.Advance file photo by Hilton Flores

FISHKILL, N.Y. – The Staten Island Yankees took advantage of two errors, a balk and Brandon Thomas’ two-run single during a four-run eighth inning to rally for a 7-4 victory Sunday over the Hudson Valley Renegades.

It was the third straight win for the Baby Bombers, who take a 32-40 record to finish the New York-Penn League season with a three-game series against the host Vermont Lake Monsters (Oakland affiliate) starting Monday night.

Staten Island jumped out to a 2-0 first-inning lead on back-to-back RBI doubles from Mike O’Neill and Mike Ford, but watched Hudson Valley take a 4-2 lead in the fourth. Granden Goetzman’s homer leading off the bottom of the third gave the Renegades a 3-2 edge.

The Yankees tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on a Isaias Tejeda double followed by Abiatel Avelino’s RBI single.

Columbia University product Tim Giel made his NY-P League debut with a victory, working 2 one-third innings of scoreless middle relief before Nick Rumbelow recorded the final five outs for his seventh save.

Giel was signed in June by the parent club and recorded a 2.18 ERA in 15 relief outings in the Gulf Coast League.